Political Quotes

Kristi Noem

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).

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★ Featured Quote

August 7, 2026

Oh, I wouldn’t take it off the table.

Kristi Noem

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  1. We're not going to let a repeat of 2020 happen.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  2. The president knows that he makes bad decisions, and that's why the president chose the safety of this community over waiting for Governor Newsom to get some sanity.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  3. If he was doing his job, then people wouldn't have gotten hurt the last couple of days.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  4. The President knows that he makes bad decisions, and that's why the President chose the safety of this community over waiting for Governor Newsom to get some sanity.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  5. If he has one murder in the city of Chicago, he should be calling President Trump and saying, what's your ideas?2 sources2025cbsnews.com
Mar 8, 2026

All non-emergency recovery work is paused.

politico.com
Mar 8, 2026

In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise, I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security.

abcnews.com
Mar 8, 2026

must take emergency measures to preserve limited funds and personnel.

politico.com
Mar 8, 2026

These actions reflect the reality of operating without appropriations.

politico.com
Mar 8, 2026

how we're going to go after cartels and drug trafficking in the entire Western Hemisphere.

npr.org
Feb 17, 2026

I hope that you do recognize that, in the past, your state has been an absolute disaster on elections.

theatlantic.com
Feb 17, 2026

has played an instrumental role in advancing our mission to secure the homeland and keep Americans safe.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2026

I’m still in charge of the Department of Homeland Security.

theatlantic.com
Jan 18, 2026

The facts are that this individual weaponized her car and threatened the life of the law enforcement officer.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

And President Trump is keeping his promise to the American people.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

I do know that they're extremely grateful every time we get a pedophile off the street.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Every single individual has committed a crime, but 70 percent of them have committed or have charges against them on violent crimes.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We hope there's never another situation like this before.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

I would hope that Mayor Frey... that he'll announce that he's going to start working with us to bring safety to the streets.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We have no idea how many dangerous people are here.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We are following the exact same investigative and review process that we always have under ICE and under the Department of Homeland Security.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Well, I think every day we get a murderer off the streets of Minneapolis, the public is safer.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We hope that more people don't weaponize their vehicles like this.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

I have never met a family that ever said, oh, I wish you would have left that rapist free.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We're seeing it happen over and over again. We've seen over 100 different vehicle weaponized and attacking law enforcement officers.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

Every day we get a murderer off the streets of Minneapolis, the public is safer.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We wouldn't be in this situation if Joe Biden hadn't allowed our open-border policies to be in place.

cbsnews.com
Jan 18, 2026

We're just so thankful that we have a president that's upholding the law and is determined to make sure that the laws are applied equally to everyone.

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